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The law is the law?

‘The law is the law’ is often a less black and white statement than it appears, even when talking about a single country. When talking about international or global issues, the law becomes ever more uncertain, in its interpretation and, even more, in its implementation. And that is why it is close to impossible to […]

June 6, 2024

The Mallorca Files season 3 coming to Prime Video

Prime Video has announced that detective drama The Mallorca Files is returning with Season Three premiering on August 8th. The all-new season will be made available to Prime Video customers in select territories around the globe, including the UK, US, Germany, Australia and Mexico. All eight episodes will be available on premiere day. The first […]

June 6, 2024

Study: 1 in 10 smart home apps use collected data for tracking

Surfshark has published a study titled Smart Home Privacy Checker which looks at smart home devices and the significant privacy issues they raise. Tech giants Amazon and Google developed the most data-hungry smart home device apps. Amazon’s Alexa gathers 28 out of 32 possible data points, which is more than three times the average collected […]

June 5, 2024

Forecast: Retail media ad spend at $153.3bn in 2024

WARC Digital Commerce has published its annual report looking at the trends having an outsized impact on the future of this dynamic and hyper-competitive space. Gregory Grudzinski, Reports Editor, WARC Digital Commerce, and author of the study, commented: “Following the explosion of digital commerce onto the advertising landscape, this report looks at trends in four […]

June 4, 2024

Chrishell Stause to join Amazon Freevee’s Neighbours

Amazon Freevee and Fremantle announced Chrishell Stause (Selling Sunset, All My Children, Days of Our Lives) will be joining the iconic daily drama Neighbours as a series guest star. Stause is set to arrive in Australia in July to begin filming. Stause will be playing a new character, Yasmine Shields, a glamorous and successful businesswoman […]

May 30, 2024

IAS expands measurement of Amazon properties

Integral Ad Science (IAS), the media measurement and optimisation platform, has announced its expanded reporting and insights are now available for Amazon DSP media buys. Through a server-to-server (S2S) integration on Amazon DSP, advertisers will now have access to measurement coverage for campaigns across Amazon custom audiences and Twitch inventory. IAS’s solutions available to advertisers […]

May 29, 2024

Kuiper ramps up satellite production

May 23rd saw Amazon announce that it had reached the ‘final milestone’ with its Project Kuiper prototype satellites, and is deorbiting the two craft. “That mission achieved a 100 per cent success rate and helped us practice safe satellite operations,” says the company. “Now, we’re gradually bring those prototypes down as part of our commitment […]

May 24, 2024

My Fault: London coming to Prime Video

Prime Video will launch My Fault: London, a new UK Original Movie, following the success of Spanish Original Movie Culpa Mia (My Fault). My Fault: London remakes the story of Nick and Noah, starring rising British talent Asha Banks and Matthew Broome. Production has recently wrapped in the UK. My Fault: London is a British […]

May 23, 2024

The fascinating history of Chess

Throughout human history, one game has remained a staple of cultures, played by kings, nobles, citizens, and peasants alike. The game we are talking about is over a millennium old, and today is played for fun, at local amateur tournaments, and even on an international professional level. The game we have in mind, is of […]

May 16, 2024

Prime Video building a “one-stop advertising destination”

Amazon presented its inaugural upfront to advertisers on May 14th at New York’s Pier 36, showcasing its Prime Video streaming service – which it boasted has a monthly ad-supported reach of 200 million+ worldwide – with help from some of the biggest names in film, television and sports. Stars from Amazon MGM Studios, Prime Video […]

May 15, 2024